Hidley Ho, Sidepoderinos! It's another day and it's another daily. And this time, it's slightly different to my last two. Thank god.
This weekend, millions of eyes all over the world will be fixated on Silverstone for the 2011 British Grand Prix, which is convenient, since a Formula 1 race will be happening at the time. And not a hint of a mention of Donington in sight. Things are good.
However, as I type this, I am still reflecting on events 2 weekends ago. For those of you young enough to have been aware of it, between 1999 and 2003 Channel 5 screened a TV show called The Tribe. It was a post-apocalyptic teen drama filmed in New Zealand, in which all the adults had been killed off by a mysterious virus and the kids were left to fend for themselves and survive on their own. The show has gained cult status and its fandom thrives to this day. On Sunday 26th of June New Zealand time, there took place an event called The Tribal Gathering, a special 13-hour marathon - set up by Cloud 9, the production company behind The Tribe - of discussions, quizzes, behind-the-scenes videos and live chats with some of the actors. It also featured a video introduction by the show's creator Raymond Thompson (who, incidentally, has written scripts for EastEnders and Howard's Way). The on-line marathon began on Sunday morning in New Zealand, which was Saturday night UK time. This meant I carried on until 4am before I called it a day - or morning, rather. However, it also meant that I did watch the IndyCar Series race at Iowa after all. And no, Takuma Sato did not make it an entire race without crashing into something or even going off the track, as I had ruminated on last fortnight's Daily.
Anyway, the reason for mentioning this, apart from proclaiming my fandom of the show, was that while I was thinking about what subject to write today's Daily about, I thought to myself, 'how could I link aspects of Formula 1 into this cult kids TV programme?' So I gave it a go, and this is what I came up with:
- The very first episode of The Tribe, broadcast on 24th April 1999 on Channel 5, sets up the world of the show. The sense of anarchy, confusion and the urge to survive sets the tone for the rest of the series. The very first F1 World Championship GP at Silverstone on the 13th May 1950 sets up the world of organised professional motor racing. The standard of the cars, track and safety really shows us how far we've come in the sport.
- Here's an example of actual competitive racing in The Tribe. A roller-blading competition is taking place between KC [the guy with the green hair] and Dal [the guy with the black hair], with Jack [the guy in the red hair] commentating. Okay, he's no Murray Walker, but it's a jolly sight better than Jonathan Legard. Anyway, it's developing into an exciting race until KC crashes into Jack and breaks his leg, in the same way that Rene Arnoux crashes into Riccardo Patrese at the start of the '82 GP in Brands Hatch and breaks his suspension.
- This is one scene that not only features a motor car, but also involves something near the region of true motorsport. The 1st part of the footage, when Bray jumps into the dune buggy, is reminiscent of Nigel Mansell giving Ayrton Senna a lift after the '91 British GP. Then we see the dune buggy Luciano Burti-ing over a little mound. That is, if you pretend that the mound was Michael Schumacher at the start of the '01 German GP. The last bit is probably a bit too gruesome to mention an F1-related similarity.
- When you have tribes, you have tribe fights. This conflict has all the chaos, smoke and direct hits of the 1973 GP at Brands Hatch, a first lap pile-up started by Jody Scheckter. Whereas the season finale of series 4 consists of several characters dropping like flies into a collection of bodies, like the 1975 race at Silverstone where several cars drop like flies by aquaplaning off the wet track and into a collection of bodies at the barrier.
- For a Tribe episode that has spins galore and a few more, there's the Tribal Gathering in the first series. Both clips feature a dance competition, where people are break-dancing and making some graceful moves. For a race that has spins galore and a few more, there's the 2008 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. It's a wet race where several drivers are acting like break-dancers and making some graceful moves of their own.
- Vehicles are actually used quite a lot on the show, such as to show power and intimidation towards your fellow tribes. All that waving and fist-pumping is similar to Nigel Mansell winning the '92 GP at Silverstone. An audience is present in both examples, but with not necessarily the same level of ecstasy.
- 1999 is a race Michael Schumacher would rather forget. His breaks fail on lap 1, ploughs straight into the tyre barrier and ends up breaking his leg. Meanwhile, imagine finding an object that's fallen off something and picking it up. Whether it's someone losing a feather from his hair or Mika Hakkinen losing a wheel from his McLaren... okay, you can tell I'm starting to clutch at straws here, but you get my drift.
Crikey, that was an effort. Anyway, in closing, I really like The Tribe and the British Grand Prix is on this weekend. Enjoy.
cmcb
hullo brand new thursday!
Hello indeedly.
appreciating the daily colin :)
Thx. I hope it makes a change.
In that it's not just about looking at memorable moments.
i has a lot of links to follow :)
has it been two-weeks since your last post? time is flying here.
Yep. 2 weeks. Time's flying everywhere.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 7th July 2011
- Britain 2011 - Race information
- Daily: 6th July 2011
- Telling time and cartoon videos on Team Rankings this week
- Being fan-friendly at Goodwood means immediate Christine's Rankings points
oooh I hated the tribe. I always got the impression it was a lot more popular overseas than it actually was in NZ.
I know it's late, but it's the only time my internet works at a sensible enough speed for me to upload things... even then it can only do 8pics at a time.. so Goodwood pics for you all.
Friday - http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/sets/72157627134601402/
Saturday - http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/sets/72157627010065229/
I'm not sure how many people are around at the moment you're probably all sleeping or working, but please excuse me if i plug these tomorrow too. Blog post coming tomorrow too. :)
I am here :D but I can't look because flickr is blocked at work, so more plugging later will remind me to look at home :)
i shall sleep now and plug tomorrow when i have a blog post too. :) i always seem to upload things so late at night. most people are so busy doing unimportant things like working or sleeping ;)
that's the perfect time. i shall take a look.
TRUMPETS!!
ok, hands up... who just woke the sidepodhousehold?
TWICE!
christine has too many gadgets.
i must sleep.
no-one be friends with christine before i wake, ya hear??
This is just TOO cute. :D
http://likevsplus.com/
Heh. Hehehe. :P
:D
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 7th July 2011
- Britain 2011 - Race information
- Daily: 6th July 2011
- Telling time and cartoon videos on Team Rankings this week
- Being fan-friendly at Goodwood means immediate Christine's Rankings points
Morning,
Great Daily Post!
I went to university with Michelle Ang, who was in the tribe, along with neighbours and outrageous fortune. Can't say I ever watched the tribe though...
I think it was too.
Huge thanks to journeyer for doing the same to me!
Doesn't the iPod have a silent mode?
I use my iphone as my alarm!
Also the office can call me at any time to tell me the internet is broken
Doesn't matter. You can still leave it on silent.
I got the impression most stuff from NZ was...
If I ever use my iphone as alarm clock (which I only do rarely) I switch it to the airplane mode ...
I havent had the need before!
I should note, this did work out well, as i had an awesome lie in afterwards :)
I wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Thanks for clearing that up. :D
hehe, i hadnt heard the trumpets before
Defiantly an effective way to get woken up!
Ohhh, THOSE trumpets.
Hmmm. I think I know who woke up the sidepodhousehold, then. :D
For some reason game centre only thinks i have one game. Its probably the best game on my phone, but its weird.
I've added a table to the Game Center Tags page for those who play "Words with Friends": http://sidepodcastwiki.com/Game_Center_Tags#Game_Center
Just edited this wiki for the first time!
morning all
Hiya
Hi Gavin,
How are you today?
Interesting daily Colin,
I must admit, I've never heard of the Tribe, but then again, I don't have a TV either, so that's probably why it passed me by.
Hey man, I'm good. I'm proper excited about my holidays starting tomorrow afternoon!
How are you Leigh?
Nice. I don't have any holidays coming, but I do have tomorrow off to watch FP and then head up to Joe's
:)
Not too bad - just a bit shattered all week. I've not been able to shift this tiredness at all lately. Got some writing done yesterday evening, which kept my head ticking over.
:)
Same here. I've been very tired the last few days...
So, look who's the new writer for BBC Sport...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/14050668.stm
"I spent a day at Wimbledon last week and I was lucky enough to be sitting a few feet away from the legendary Billie Jean King. She is 67 now but she won 20 Wimbledon titles during her career and she still knows how these players tick. "
Ehhh Mark, I don't think she even play in that many Wimbledon's
theoretically a woman can win 3 Wimbledon titles in one year - singles, ladies doubles and mix dubles :-)
Ahhhh yes of course!!
:)
She did... "King claimed 20 titles – six singles, ten doubles and four mixed"
http://aeltc2010.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/billiejean_king.html
and indeed she has 20 Wimbledon titles - 6 singles, 10 doubles, 4 mix doubles
Oh dear.
Apparently she lost 5Live the lead...
I hope they do it next year. It 'll be a great battle to not finish last
hahaha,
Speaking of karting, I found the kart track here on google maps the other day. really shows the difference between the indoor and outdoor. the indoor is in the shed on the left http://maps.google.com/?ll=25.044806,55.239478&spn=0.002824,0.004951&t=h&z=18
Is it 100m long?
Only certain games will be Game Center enabled, depends if the developers can be bothered to code it in, I guess.
Some use other logins, like OpenFeint for example
Something like that! im trying to find a map, its all corners!
I like this from 5Live: Look who's turned up in the paddock! He looks very happy to be here... http://yfrog.com/ke9znwdj
But even ones other people have on there list like F1 timing app arent showing up?
Oh dear
Looks like Parliament is giving Murdoch quite the treatment:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/world/europe/08britain.html
I wonder if this will impact his plan to fully takeover BSkyB. And if that falls apart, what happens to his rumored F1 takeover plans?
I see the Eurosport App. Dunno why. Other than that it's just games...
Ah. I've exhausted my knowledge, I'm afraid!
Just saw a tweet from Adam Cooper - how on Earth did they manage to design the media room at Silverstone with no windows?
How do you get the media to write what you want? Control what they see.
Not uncommon for the media not to see the track but not to see anything is ludicrous
Doesnt seem to be easily solved. maybe i need to achive something in them to get them to activate?
Dungeon raid seemed to add itself after that
The one at yas has some thin windows, i remember, but they keep the blinds closed. I asked joe about it, he said there was no need for them to look from the actual media room as they all focus on the TVs. There is a viewing terrace on the roof if they want to watch it
Every media room has poor views, but most are offset by monitors; however a good few circuits have media rooms that at least overlook the pitlane. To have no outside at all is just a bit silly not even any sunlight or anything...
Maybe just open them all?
I think you would need to play them while logged into gamecentre?
why would they need windows ? view would only disturb them from working
years ago when we moved office I had a beautiful harbour view that included the end of the runway of the old Kai Tak airport. I could literally tell the time of the day by the planes that were taking off or landing. I could not focus on work though so got myself the curtain and blocked the view :-)
Because they all use Macs?
Oh dear...
just like that million Euro on the street :-)
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1649617.php/Soldier-hands-back-1-million-euros-that-fell-off-German-truck
Tried that, even tried playing a bit, im guessing they will come in eventually
Oh God, what has Jakey Wakey got planned? http://yfrog.com/kj7adbj
Are they trying to be like the Goodies?
Oh no! Oh god no
What?? Sounds like some kind of traumatic flashback....
No double DRS in Britain: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92887
Phew!
Interesting activation point, right before a fast corner. Wonder who will be first to get it wrong.
Thankfully
Badger's got the latest Toro Rosso Toonz: http://badgergp.com/2011/07/toro-rosso-toonz-dans-departure/
And some interesting insights from Patrick head about the new F1 rules: http://www.attwilliams.com/news/view/1864
wonder why they chose to re-publish on their website now, big chunk of the contents of the original article is a bit out of date now ...
Well they have been doing a bit of going back to the future lately...
What was the name of that flight tracker where we can see the flights on a map?
Is this the one you want? http://www.radarvirtuel.com/
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 7th July 2011
- Britain 2011 - Race information
- Daily: 6th July 2011
- Telling time and cartoon videos on Team Rankings this week
- Being fan-friendly at Goodwood means immediate Christine's Rankings points
Thanks, it is. I'm having trouble tracking my parent's flight. It's Air New Zealand NZ39 from Auckland to Heathrow via Hong Kong...
Strange, really strange. 2 weeks ago my inbox was flooded. I'm working on the same stuff but it's really quiet this week...
ask them to wave when they are stopping over here :-)
will do. They only have 45 minutes though...
that is still a lot of waving time :-)
They arrive at 6am your time tomorrow. Feel free to face in the direction of the airport and wave for 45 minutes ;)
:-) I am facing in airport direction now but I am afraid 6am I will be in the land of dreams
looks like 4 weeks from now I will have 3hrd45mins to spare at Heathrow
Thats not nearly enough time to check out all the luggage!
Hi folks
I'm on a train to Edinburgh and it's been delayed. We're sitting in Carlisle station. I bought the wifi for an hour. It seems we may be getting under way soon.
Name change again. :)
wohooo!! hello all!
Hey. :) I'm trying to add piccies to my blog so I can finally post Goodwood Day 2.
We're moving again.
hehe am looking forward to it! :) i'm currently writing up Goodwood day 1 to go with my pics too! :)
We'll need to do a post highlighting all the great posts and pictures you peoples are publishing :)
Yay :)
A post directory of posts.
I like your Petrov pictures.
Looks like red bull on the race suit for disco dan, but none on the car just yet
http://yfrog.com/kf5m5enj
Me too. I like his name on his shoes. Maybe his mommy put it there?
(reference to his scary mom that Bassano mentioned, always there...staring)
hehe! he was so awesome. star of the show this year. he was everywhere! can we have another national day of petrov please?
Well the Queen has two birthdays, so I don't see why not :)
yaayy! :)
He was like trains....if you miss one Petrov, just wait a minute, there will be another one by shortly.
:D
But did we see to much of him? NO. :)
Afternoon all.
Reports coming in that the legendary William Boddy il fait mort. I checked it with someone who knew, just in case it was merely a case of someone trying to spoof he-who-is-not-named-on-this-site.
i did almost run into him at one point when i was trying to get to crofty though :)
yeah, me too. I ran up to get a pic with him if he would but I didn't have anyone there to take it, so I kind of ran up to him and stopped, camera in hand.
#stoopid
These Virgin trains have banked turns and don't mess around, man. It's not great for looking down at a computer. (motion-wise) :(
i feel so bad i wasnt there. Silly Crofty!
Oh dear. Sad news if it is true. Not much consolation, but he must have been getting on a bit at this stage?
No, it was fine! He had to hurry up to go drive. And then I got to walk over and talk to Crofty like he was one of the gang!
Crazy weekend.
Thats sad news,
Has the unnamed hack congratulated you yet?
haha!! i just found the sky remote in the fridge! mum did a nico rosberg! :)
Cool.
Anyone on here had any previous experience with a Vespa?
The triple bike thing: http://yfrog.com/kkarmtyj
Busted: http://yfrog.com/z/kkarmtyj
Confirmed by a pretty good source (former editor of MS mag).
Closing in on the century I think. Well, what a legend. Spent almost every MS editorial of the 1960s railing against the national speed limit.
Hah! He hasn't spoken to me or acknowledged my presence since the 2005 Toyota launch!
Fair enough.
Ha-haaa
Oooh. What happened there?
Good thing too.
;)
Yes. I'm constantly nearly being hit by the ***** that ride them because they are allowed on the bike lane here :(
OK........
Nowt. That was merely the last time our paths crossed in my capacity as a commissioning editor…
I've gotten used to it. You hear the "NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN" noise of the engine coming and you get out of the way, stat.
Now they have invented electric scooters which make no noise. That's a festival of plastic death right there!
I see. No Toyota-gate then ;)
#
I had best not cross your path on the roads then
Goodness! Sounds like he has a bit of a beef
hehe!
You had best not anyway ;)
For those not au fait with the recently departed legend, a great piece about the late WB here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2747142/A-unique-Boddy-of-work.html
I was so confused!
i don;t know what the trumpets thing is all about but i keep seeing it mentioned :(
My guess is that when someone opens Gamecenter trumpets sound, viking trumpets, and if speakers are on it wakes people up.
That's my detective work for the day.
we had it in stereo. ipod then ipad. i may jumped quite a bit.
ohhh! okay :)
When someone requests to be your friend, a notification pops up.
even i can't hold a grudge that long.
although i guess i'm not a scary looking.
or rather "as scary looking".
ohhhh! so pleased i'm not that sure what gamecentre does :)
aha
The final piece of the puzzle for me on that.
what's your gamecentre tag? christine can trumpet you.
so to speak.
Not very much, as far as I can tell.
i have a gamecentre tag?..
Here's a wiki list if you want to add people: http://sidepodcastwiki.com/Game_Center_Tags
do you not have gamecentre on your ipod?
I would join gamecentre but I have none of the devices...
yes, but i've never used it. i don't understand what it does.. :)
i would join, but i don't have time.
trumpets at you... mostly :)
haha! i'll set it up, just cause i'm a sheep and follow the crowd because i don't want to be left out. :)
I'm seeing lots of sheet at the moment. They're cute.
My favourite is Timmy (from Shaun the Sheep) http://sheepfun.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=53888518
Oh, I love him. I watched that not too long ago.
hadn't thought about linking the notw phone tapping allegations to the mosley "exclusive" before: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/just-imagine/
Probably because no one in their right mind thinks about the exclusive.
:)
I was surprised no one did. It was one of the first things that popped into my head when I saw it the other night.
so my gamecentre tag is: f1_lou. i know nothing more than that. apparently i have no games. i don't understand this at all.
turn your volume up, christine can add you :)
BRING ON THE TRUMPETS!
Nick had that problem earlier. We sort of came to the conclusion that it takes a while to sort itself out.
ahh right, although i don't have many games as it is. i shall have to check later.
Angry birds seem to add itself fine.
Some apps are grumpy about the extra socialization i think.
Wallflowers
As far as I can tell, you need to have a game that is compatible with GameCenter, you may or may not need to have opened it and played it, and otherwise it might just appear when it feels like it. Gotta love Apple.
As in when i ran the app, it hooked into gamecentre and now its on the list
hehe!
Ah ha! Lots of people have this Angry Birds business.
hehe, other gamecentre games havent been added when i ran them though, not sure why
I bought some Angry Birds Plushies. I was shocked to find out that when I showed them to my family that they had never heard of it ... and they have iPods Touch!
I'm surprised they haven't heard of it, it's hard to miss. I've never played it though.
you don't have time!
:o!
When people say games are a time suck, I have to actively avoid them. Like the Tiny Tower one. I want to play but I can't.
It's such a time suck. Wibbly wobbly towery wowery...
'Lost' was a time suck...........bad one at that
I certainly learnt my lesson with that one :)
I LOVED the first 2 seasons....got bored very quickly with the 3rd and tuned into to see the final season. Meh it was a bit lame in the end, the show always generated 6 questions/plot holes for everyone it answered.
I checked out 'Falling Skies' the other night and remain 50/50 on it....don't need another series to eat time up
so sensible. :)
Yeah I managed to avoid watching even a single episode of that one.... Lucky escape! :D
ohh i didn't hear the trumpets when Gavin and Mrs C added me cause i was making a cup of tea. :( oh dear! :)
!!
:D
it was in the next door room, so it can't be that loud ;)
It is quite loud when you are sleeping.
hehe i can imagine :)
(twice)
for lou...
moo are asking people to stick stickers on things you love then add them to their flickr pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/moo/
more info here: http://www.moo.com/blog/2011/07/07/city-stickers-competition/
(also we need to make some round stickers)
i don't have any of your stickers left.. otherwise i'd put one on a tea cup and send it in.. but Crofty took them :) I do however want stickers from them :)
you could add your goodwood ones though.
but are they on something i love about my country? hehe okay yes they are. Shall do :)
:)
.. thanks for reminding me I needed to make some for Badmintonalpha.co.uk /shameless plug
the round ones look cool! but I got some square ones instead... might look cool to stick on packaging!
they're awesome. i love that 'little moo' emails me every time i buy more :)
http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-sidepodzoot
^^ huh, whats with the odd URL ?? SIDEPODZOOT ??!
hehe. pass.
If you send me some, I'll try and stick them in places at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix in August...
Ping: http://www.f1bigpicture.com/news/weather-men
aw bless them :)
Added you, Lou. :)
Anyone play Fruit Ninja around here? :D
Stuart post ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/why-cant-they-make-racing-cars-work-in-the-rain
i dont appear to get the noise when people add me on game centre. ah well :)
meee. Love the new pomegranate :)
Gotta keep swiping at it. :P What modes do you play?
I can't play you though as I have fruit ninja hd
all of them. I'm not very good :)
BOO. :(
Heehee. Arcade mode is a good place to get better. It's all about timing your swipe. ;)
Wowsers
News International today announces that this Sunday, 10 July 2011, will be the last issue of the News of the World.
closed for good?
Woah!!
Insane, insane decision.
Will believe it when I see it.
depends how much more dirt there is to come.
True
There could be loads, there could be none.
But surely it should only focus on the (probably) few journalists who were behind the hacking, rather than the hundreds more innocent ones?
There'll be loads. This is NOTW, after all. They made dirt every week.
But it's like a basket of apples. It only takes a few to make them all rotten. The good journos will find work elsewhere.
if they have no advertisers, i guess they can't afford to function anyhow.
That is very true like.
The Sun to go 7 days a week announcement this time next week?
already confirmed: http://www.mindfulmoney.co.uk/5387/investing-strategy/update-phone-hacking-scandal--social-media-campaign-shuts-down-news-of-the-world.html
The decision to close the newspaper: and publish its sister publication The Sun seven days a week instead of six, was being heralded as a victory for users of social media.
Right folks,
I have head off now - will be back later at some stage
:)
aha
Social media has succeded in changing the letters and the typeface of the masthead?
yup
Victory!
I like Charlie Brooker's suggestion, apropos the recent mob mentality of Twitter activism, that Twitter should implement a 'pitchfork' icon...
I think this goes a long way to proving James Murdoch has what it takes to run F1!
that is an interesting media situation you have there.
here we had yesterday a major local TV station running news that former Chinese capo di tutti capi passed away which at least for the moment does not seem to be truth. it caused some limited mayhem but nothing even close to that NOW scandal ...
hehe!
for lou, jenson flying a typhoon: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/aviation-and-motorsport/
(sorta)
Triads?
Oh! I wrote a (short) piece for that mag. Must intercept a copy...
well not exactly but gangster neveretheless ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14058933
heheh!
also, for anyone very very good at computer games, and who fancies a pretty epic trip to Korea for the GP..
http://www.mobil-1.co.uk/cms/ultimate-track-challenge.aspx
i honestly don't stand a chance as is suck as driving games. but i know there are a few people who are pretty good at this kinda thing :)
in other words, a chance to finally meet Amy. :D
when I saw the email I went "Korea? What a useless prize" :D
:D
Enjoy a little something from the sidepodcast.com back catalogue.
- Jenson's First Task at McLaren
Originally published 01/01/2010
Jenson hasn't done too badly now, has he? ;)
Someone has been registering domains http://webwhois.nic.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=thesunonsunday.co.uk
treu story. shame the video went awol with drop.io.
Ping: http://www.f1minute.com/news/fia-confirm-single-drs-zone-for-the-british-grand-prix
indeed. a real shame. did they ever upload it to YouTube?
don't even remember what it was?
it seems to be a video message from Jenson from inside the MTC.
dodgy version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHHlkV7tTQw
who bought that?
facebook
Ah, must have been for the personel
I miss Sam, he was lovely to us.
Almost definitely was. We have yet to see something similar on FB, though.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Why Can't They Make Racing Cars Work in the Rain?
- Daily: 7th July 2011
- Britain 2011 - Race information
- Daily: 6th July 2011
- Telling time and cartoon videos on Team Rankings this week
What's with the lawn in the new Silverstone pitlane? http://is.gd/UGnD9b
love it.
Realised they built the pit too far away from the track?
Looks nice though.
i like it, even if seems to be a waste of space...
my guess is "to be different".
The only bit I don't like about the whole thing is that the end of pitlane near the exit drops down a la Brands Hatch, so those seated at Abbey can't see into it.
Cars 2 sponsorship for Virgin this weekend http://is.gd/qmqhmK http://is.gd/4vRrlm
Ping: http://www.f1bigpicture.com/news/grass-roots-motorsport
Evening folks
Sauber driver preview: http://www.youtube.com/user/saubermotorsport#p/a/u/0/c2W-i8403LI
I think its a very good [inaudable] but might be better not to be outside on a windy day.
20 years ago, Senna and Mansell did this at Silverstone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZvx3gFHV7o
Marino in Paul's car..
Tried my wee cousin @pauldirestaf1 car out for size, fitted really well surprisingly! Even more buttons than an LMP1 car yfrog.com/kihmfyfj
Busy week this week, it is going by a lot faster than last week did!
So I don't get to see Joe tomorrow due to costs but tomorrow I will see a Queen tribute band, with a hog roast. Fun.
Lukeh can't do his daily tomorrow, so if anyone wants to super-sub, the opportunity is there!
Hey,
In Edinburgh. Bassano has already found 4 different types of sambucca.
I could see if I can still remember how to open the dashboard...
Ooh, yay!
You're having sidepodscotland without me??
woot!
There's more than one?!
I've found a little of time to join the Sidepodcast conversation, so here I am :)
How are you all?
Points for Webber..?
The photographers seem to like it tho - http://yfrog.com/kgtvxmj ;)
gutted, i wanted one of these: http://twitpic.com/5mnlff
*shakes fist at crofty*
woaaahhh!!!
Good golly. Where's Ant going to sleep?
A TV show (Mock The Week) just replied to me on Twitter, that's me pleased for an evening. :)
Was it Frankie Boyle shouting abuse?
ohhh, interesting...
http://www.petapixel.com/2011/07/07/iphone-slr-mount-lets-you-attach-your-fancy-canon-and-nikon-lenses/
if not a bit chunky.
:)
Nah he left a while ago.
I see
Awww....
A smiley, smiley Disco Dan makes me smiley, smiley
http://twitpic.com/5mo4t2
:)
yay!
I must admit, I'm looking forward to it. I've been a big fan of the chap for a long time. We even did this back in the good old days of 2009
http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/interview-daniel-ricciardo-2009-british-f3-champion-and-red-bull-f1-reserve/
will he worry liuzzi?
Ping: http://mrschristine.com/2011/07/07/turning-games-into-mugs-pac-man-battleships-and-more/
In raw speed maybe. But he has much to learn technically, which is why Liuzzi is the perfect teammate. Red Bull know Liuzzi intimately from his days with the team.
Good point. Hadn't thought of that. I bet Liuzzi is worried. If Dan is faster then Liuzzi's reputation will take another bash.
Liuzzi should have been worried for his future the moment Hispania became the only card on the table
New livery for Renault this week. The deep gold lines on the car are now..... beige.
http://twitpic.com/5mojx1
Definitely. But he still has his fans. However if Dan shows well against him then his fans will find it a lot harder to justify their faith
Lotus ran that at times too.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Lotus_72_JPS.jpg
Thing is, his fans (I assume you mean Joe, etc...) already know how good Ricciardo is, so if they match, it won't be a surprise.
I just hope the commentators pronounce his name right for once.
{hint - it's not pronounced Ricc-i-ardo, it's just plain ol' Riccardo}
;)
Mr C.....
He's in the middle of something. Can I help?
Just wondering if you fancy a quick guest post?
Always!
Ping--> http://sidepodcast.com/post/round-and-round-in-endless-nonsensical-circles
And a little game reminder for those who play, since I won't be online tomorrow
http://toomuchracing.com/2011/07/05/tmr-game-2011-week-24/
will you be mad if i keep calling him that? cause that's how it's spelt.
I'll only be mad on the inside
;)
finally found the time to watch back to the future. see you in 2 hours. :)
Could say Ricc i ardo in an Aussie accent. Rickyahdoh.
Bruce Willis style?
I've seen White [clear] and Black before but they have Red and Green! What a country! :)